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VH-TAJ. Boeing 737-376. c/n 23484-1270. Was also registered as: ZS-OKC. |
This was the fifth of twelve aircraft ordered new by Australian Airlines (T.A.A.) - May 27, 1985 Rolled off the Boeing production line at Renton - August 01, 1986 Powered by CFM International CFM56-3C1 engines Trans-Australia Airlines (T.A.A.) was renamed Australian Airlines - August 04, 1986 First flown at Renton as VH-TAJ - August 20, 1986 Accepted by Australian Airlines at Renton - September 05, 1986 Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-TAJ - September 06, 1986 Registered to Australian National Airlines Commission, Melbourne Departed Seattle on the delivery flight to Australia - September 07, 1986 It arrived at Melbourne (Tullamarine) on completion of the delivery flight - September 09, 1986 Delivery route: Seattle (Boeing Field) - Oakland - Hilo - Pago Pago - Noumea - Melbourne The aircraft was named 'Challenge' Operated first revenue service Melbourne (Tullamarine) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) as TN534 - September 13, 1986 Ownership was transferred to Australian Airlines following the company name change - July 11, 1988 Australian Airlines was sold to Qantas AirwaysLtd - September 14, 1992 Australian Airlines was merged with Qantas Airways Ltd - October 31, 1993 Ownership was transferred to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney - December 08, 1993 Operated final revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) as QF405 - September 06, 2003 Sold to Comair, South Africa Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 18, 2003 Entered onto the South African Aircraft Register as ZS-OKC - September 18, 2003, 2003 Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to South Africa in the basic Qantas livery - September 19, 2003 Delivery route: Melbourne - Port Headland - Cocos Island - Male - Mahe - Johannesburg Operated by Comair as a British Airways franchise in the standard British Airways livery Withdrawn from service at Johannesburg Airport - ? Cancelled from the South African Aircraft Register - July 18, 2014 Scrapped at Johannesburg - 2014 |
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VH-TAJ. Australian - 'Challenge' in the standard livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, July 03, 1987. (R. N. Smith Copyright Image 4620-287.) |
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VH-TAJ. Australian - 'Challenge' in the standard livery at Brisbane Airport, May 1988. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-051.) |
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VH-TAJ. Qantas The Australian Airline - 'Challenge' in the standard livery with additional '75 Years' logo at Brisbane Airport, August 1995. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-052.) |
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ZS-OKC. British Airways - in the standard livery with additional 'Operated by Comair Limited' titles at Johannesburg Airport, March 2004. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4622-269.) |
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ZS-OKC. British Airways - in the standard livery with additional 'Operated by Comair Limited' titles at Johannesburg Airport, September 2006. (R. N. Smith Collection Copyright Image 4620-459.) |
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ZS-OKC. British Airways - in the standard livery with additional 'Operated by Comair Limited' titles at an unknown airport, September 2007. (B. Luttjohann Copyright Image 4622-863.) |